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More by Aaron Jentzen
Building A Followingnew
Musicians like Jonathan Coulton build a grassroots following through Twitter follows.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
01-25-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jonathan Coulton
How to Become Google's No. 1 Female Rappernew
Plenty of Pittsburgh-based musicians are skilled with Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and other standard online promotion tools. But Kellee Maize operates on a different level. Just Google "female rapper," and behold her spot at No. 1.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
01-24-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Google, Kellee Maize
Traces Hip Hop's Storynew
Paradise Gray has worn many hats since his early days as a gang member in the South Bronx: photographer; performer; collector; promoter; techie; and now, curator. Selections from his memorabilia are now at the August Wilson Center, exhibited as Hip Hop History: Highlights of the Paradise Collection.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
01-18-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
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How to Land the Lead in Warhol's Only Playnew
Lick Me: How I Became Cherry Vanilla, "takes us on a journey from the birth of rock to the explosion of punk . . . with memorable detours through the sexual revolution, the women's liberation movement, and the Theater of the Ridiculous."
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Cherry Vanilla |
02-01-2011 |
Excerpts
Infinite Jester: Rediscovering a Road Trip With David Foster Wallacenew
In 1996, David Lipsky spent time alongside David Foster Wallace, then a brilliant young writer on a reluctant book tour for Infinite Jest. Now, their hours of recorded conversation -- interviews conducted in cars, planes, hotel rooms and Wallace's home -- are rendered vividly and mostly verbatim in Lipsky's new book.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
05-03-2010 |
Nonfiction
'Creative Nonfiction' Begins Life Anew as a Quarterly Magazinenew
At the recent relaunch party for Pittsburgh-based literary journal Creative Nonfiction as a quarterly magazine, editor Lee Gutkind showed he hasn't forgotten old insults to the genre he's strived to popularize.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
03-15-2010 |
Books
The Brother of One of Pittsburgh's Most Famous Authors Speaks Out From Behind Barsnew
Robert Wideman's story is better known than most. His brother, John Edgar Wideman, is a nationally renowned author. The elder brother wrote a book about Robert's struggles, Brothers and Keepers, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award in 1984.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Matt Stroud |
03-15-2010 |
Books
Rebecca Skloot's Real-Life 'Medical Thriller' 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks'new
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks seems to be a hit. Rebecca Skloot's nonfiction book about a woman whose cancer cells have served medical researchers for 60 years has spent weeks among Amazon.com's top-10 sellers.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Kathy M. Newman |
03-01-2010 |
Nonfiction
